Andrew McElrone is a Research Plant Physiologist with USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS), and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Viticulture and Enology at UC Davis. He originally hails from the east coast, completed his graduate training at the University of Maryland, and a post-doctoral fellowship at Duke University. Prior to coming to Davis in 2006, Andrew previously held a position as an Assistant Professor of Biology and Environmental Science at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia.